MAYOR & COUNCIL
BOWEN ISLAND MUNICIPALITY, LAND USE BYLAW NO. 57,
2002, AMENDMENT BYLAW 381. FIRST READING
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Cari St. Pierre, Senior Community Planner,
WG 1 – Water Use Zones
COUNCIL RESOLUTION #15-074: MARCH 16TH,
Recommendation It was Moved and Seconded
#1
That Council direct staff to commence
RES#15-074
preparation of an amendment to the Land
Use Bylaw immediately that prohibits all
private docks at the lands known as Cape
Roger Curtis, District Lot 1548.
Councillors Ander, Kaile and Morse in
opposition
CARRIED
CURRENT DOCKS BUILT AND PROPOSED
CURRENT WG-1 REMAINS THE SAME WITH THE FOLLOWING VARIATION
“Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002, Amendment Bylaw No. 381, 2015 ”is
amended at Section 4.13 (Water Use Zones – Coastal) to include WG1 Zone Variation (b) to the
bylaw as follows:
4.13.3 EXCEPTIONS IN PARTICULAR LOCATIONS
On those lands in the WG 1 and WC 1 zones that are identified on Schedule “B” by WG 1 and
WC 1 followed by a letter in brackets, the following additional regulations or where there is a
conflict within Section 4.13 the following replacement regulations apply.
(4) Zone Variation – WG 1 (b)
The following uses are not permitted in the marine coastal area that extends 300m seaward from the natural
boundary, sea, fronting the lands known as Cape Roger Curtis, legally described as Lots 1 - 59, District Lot 1548, Group 1,
New Westminster
District, Plan 43265A:
i. Community Dock,
ii. Group Moorage Facility
iii. Private Moorage Facility
iv. Permanent moorage.”
VISUAL IMPACTS @ MAXIMUM BUILD OUT
Dock Potential Under Current WG1 Zoning, at Maximum Build-Out
Orange and Blue Lots = docks that
exists or are under construction.
Green Lots = proposed new docks
Remainder are potential at build out
RECOMMENDATION:
Whereas Council directed staff to commence preparation of an amendment to the Land Use Bylaw
immediately that prohibits all private docks at the lands known as Cape Roger Curtis, District Lot
1548, March 16th 2015;
And Whereas Bylaw 335, 2013 second phase review and changes were identified in staff reports to
Council dated: August 29th, 2013; October 7th 2013, November 12th 2013 and the November 25th
2013, as work to be initiated once Bylaw 335, 2013 and 336, 2013 were completed;
That Bylaw, No. 381, 2015, cited as Bowen Island Municipality, Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002,
Amendment Bylaw 381, 2015” be considered for first reading.
That staff be directed to initiate a comprehensive geographic review and amendment of the WG-1
zone Island-wide in incremental phases and return to Council with a work plan and implementation
schedule as the second phase amendments of Bylaw 335.